Contents: The environment of the poor -- From political economy to political ecology -- Poverty and the environment : a critique of the conventional wisdom -- Towards a cross-cultural environmental ethic -- Radical American environmentalism and wilderness preservation : a Third World critique -- The merchandising of biodiversity -- The failure of ecological planning in Barcelona -- Mahatma Gandhi and the environmental movement -- In memory of Georgescu-Roegen -- The forgotten American environmentalist.

Summary

An attempt to highlight the values and orientation of the environmentalism of the poor and explore conflicting priorites of the rich and poor nations.